POETRY AT THE STATION BISTRO in downtown Auburn presents: Tammy Robacker and M. Anne Sweet Monday, May 6 FIRST MONDAYS, 7-9 p.m. followed by coffee and conversation Featured Poets & OPEN MIC The Station Bistro 110 Second Street SW, # 125 Auburn, WA The Station Bistro is located one block south of West Main Street, on the east side of the Auburn Transit Center. be sure to ask about the best french fries in Auburn, and their coffee and apple or peach crisp or cinnamon roll special! “May all who enter as guests, leave as friends.” M. Anne Sweet a poet and artist who has performed and exhibited throughout the Pacific Northwest. As a poet, she has performed individually, as well as with The Seattle Five Plus One, Project Z and the Daughters of Dementia. Literary credits include a book-length poetry collection, Nailed to the Sky; past winner of the Bart Baxter Poetry in Performance Competition; and numerous works in print and online. She maintains a working studio at Equinox Studios in the Georgetown area of Seattle and is currently working on a series of graphic poems (in the genre of graphic novels) that combine her visual art and poetry. Tammy Robacker is former Poet Laureate of Tacoma 2011 and author of The Vicissitudes. She is currently working on her second collection of poetry Villain Song. She is actively involved in the South Sound poetry community as a poet, a freelance writer and a volunteer, Robacker also serves as secretary of the board for Puget Sound Poetry Connection. In 2009, she co-edited a Tacoma poetry anthology, with former Urban Grace Poet Laureate of Tacoma, Bill Kupinse, called, In Tahoma's Shadow: Poems from the City of Destiny. Her poetry has appeared in WomenArts, Up The Staircase, Floating Bridge Review: Pontoon, Word Salad, Pens on Fire, and the Allegheny Review. Presented by The Station Bistro: www.auburnstationbistro.com Northwest Renaissance, Auburn Striped Water Poets: https://sites.google.com/site/stripedwaterpoets/ the Auburn Arts Commission and King County 4culture. Thanks! Tammy Robacker Owner & Writer, Pearle Publications, LLC www.pearlepubs.com